It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.
The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.